Xerox 700i, 700 Splash RPX-iii - Printing Guide

Splash RPX-iii Xerox 700 Digital Color Press

Printing Guide

45073080 7 May 2008

CONTENTS

CONTENTS 3

INTRODUCTION 5

Terminology and conventions 5

About this document 6

PRINTING FROM MAC OS X 7

Installing the Mac OS X printer files 7

Downloading printer files from the EFI Splash RPX-iii 8

Setting up the EFI Splash RPX-iii for printing 10

Setting up printing with Mac OS X v10.5 10

Setting up printing with Mac OS X v10.4.x 15

Configuring Installable Options 20

Using the Virtual Printers 21

Selecting the PPD file 22

Using Desktop Printer (optional) 22

Printing from Mac OS X computers 23

Selecting the EFI Splash RPX-iii in the Printer List 23

Setting print options from Mac OS X 24

Enabling Two-Way Communication 38

Defining custom page sizes from Mac OS X 39

Installing the Splash Status widget 41

PRINTING FROM WINDOWS 43

Adding a printer with the TCP/IP printing connection 43

Preparing the Windows printer files 43

Setting up the TCP/IP printing connection 45

Setting up the Windows client for printing to the EFI Splash RPX-iii 48

CONTENTS 4

Adding a printer with the SMB printing connection 50

Setting up the EFI Splash RPX-iii with Point and Print 51

Uninstalling the printer files 52

Configuring Installable Options 52

Printing from Windows computers 54

Selecting the EFI Splash RPX-iii from the Printers list 54

Setting print options from Windows 55

Enabling Two-Way Communication 65

Defining custom page sizes 67

Installing the Splash Status widget 69

PRINT OPTIONS 72

About printer drivers and PPD files 72

About print options 72

Print option override hierarchy 73

Setting print options 73

EFI Splash RPX-iii print options 74

More about print options 90

File Handling 90

Job Handling 91

Manual duplex printing 92

Output 93

Tray Selection 95

Secure Printing 96

Secure Access 98

INDEX 99

INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION 5

This document describes how to install the printer drivers and PostScript printer description (PPD) files for the Splash RPX-iii Xerox 700 Digital Color Press, how to set up the Splash RPX-iii Xerox 700 Digital Color Press for printing, and how to print from Apple Mac OS and Microsoft Windows computers. It also provides information about the EFI Splash RPX-iii print options.

For information about system requirements and supported operating systems, see Getting

Started.

For information about setting up network servers and clients to use the Splash RPX-iii Xerox 700 Digital Color Press, see the Configuration Guide.

For general information about using the digital press, computer, application software, or network, see the documentation that accompanies those products.

Terminology and conventions

This document uses the following terminology and conventions.

Term or convention Refers to

Digital press Xerox 700 Digital Color Press

Fiery Xerox EX Print Server and Integrated Fiery Color Server

Mac OS Mac OS X

EFI Splash RPX-iii Splash RPX-iii Xerox 700 Digital Color Press

Titles in italics Other documents in this set

Windows Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows Server 2003,

Windows Vista

INTRODUCTION 6

About this document

This document covers the following topics:

• Installing printer files on Mac OS computers

• Setting up the EFI Splash RPX-iii for printing from Mac OS computers

• Printing from Mac OS computers

• Installing printer files on Windows computers

• Setting up the printing connections from Windows computers

• Printing from Windows computers

• EFI Splash RPX-iii print options

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PRINTING FROM MAC OS X

To print a job from a Mac OS X computer to the EFI Splash RPX-iii, you must install the PostScript printer driver files for the EFI Splash RPX-iii and set up the EFI Splash RPX-iii for printing. The printer driver files are provided on the Splash RPX-iii User Software and Documentation DVD or can be downloaded directly from the EFI Splash RPX-iii over the network.

See the following table for the location of each procedure.

Procedure See

Installing the Mac OS X printer files page 7

Setting up the EFI Splash RPX-iii for printing page 10

Printing from Mac OS X computers page 23

Installing the Splash Status widget page 41

Installing the Mac OS X printer files

The following sections describe how to install the Mac OS X printer files for the EFI Splash RPX-iii.

For system requirements, see Getting Started.

TO INSTALL THE PRINTER DRIVER FILES FOR MAC OS X

1 Quit all open applications.

2 Mac OS X v10.4.x: Make sure that the Printer Setup Utility is not running on your computer.

Printer Setup Utility updates the list of available printers when it restarts. If a printer description file is added while it is running, you cannot select the associated printer model until you restart.

3 Insert the Splash RPX-iii User Software and Documentation DVD into the CD/DVD-ROM drive.

4 Double-click the Splash RPX-iii Print Drivers.pkg.

5 Select the Destination Volume and click Install.

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6 Click Install and follow the on-screen instructions.

The OSX Installer installs the printer driver files that correspond to the EFI Splash RPX-iii.

The printer driver files are installed to the following folders:

•

PPDs: <Startup disk> : Librar y : Printers : PPDs : C o n t e n t s : R e s o u r c e s : < l a n g u a g e > . l p r o j

•

PDE plug-ins and filter: <Startup disk> : Librar y : Printers : Splash

7 Click Close.

Downloading printer files from the EFI Splash RPX-iii

You can download printer files to your computer directly from the EFI Splash RPX-iii over the network and install them using the procedures in the previous section.

For more information about downloading files from the EFI Splash RPX-iii, see the Job Management Guide.

TO DOWNLOAD THE MAC OS X PRINTER FILES

NOTE: Web Sharing must be enabled to view the Splash Server Management dialog box. For

more information about Web Sharing, see the Configuration Guide.

1 Start your Internet browser.

2 Type the EFI Splash RPX-iii IP address and press Enter.

The Splash Server Management web page appears.

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3 Click Downloads in the upper right-hand corner of the web page.

4 Click Splash Installer Downloads.

5 Click RPX-iii MacOS X Drivers.zip and save the file to your desktop.

6 Open the RPX-iii MacOS X folder.

7 Open the Printer Driver folder.

8 Double-click the OSX installer and follow the on-screen instructions.

9 After the installation has finished, click Quit.

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Setting up the EFI Splash RPX-iii for printing

The following section describes how to set up the EFI Splash RPX-iii on a Mac OS X computer.

NOTE: The steps for setting up the EFI Splash RPX-iii on a computer with Mac OS X v10.5

and a computer with Mac OS X v10.4.x are different. Any differences are noted in the following sections.

Setting up printing with Mac OS X v10.5

Use the following steps for setting up the EFI Splash RPX-iii on a computer with Mac OS X v10.5.

TO SET UP THE EFI SPLASH RPX-iii FROM THE PRINT DIALOG BOX

1 Open a file in your application.

2 Choose Print from the File menu.

The Print dialog box appears.

3 Select the EFI Splash RPX-iii from the Printer list.

For information about selecting the EFI Splash RPX-iii as the default printer, see page 24.

TO SET UP THE EFI SPLASH RPX-iii USING PRINT & FAX

1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and then choose Print & Fax.

The Print & Fax dialog box appears.

2 Click the “+” button to add a printer.

In the dialog box that appears, select a printer connection. Use one of the following connections to add a printer.

Printing connection See

Default (Bonjour or AppleTalk) page 11

IP Printer page 12

AppleTalk page 14

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TO ADD A PRINTER WITH THE DEFAULT (BONJOUR OR APPLETALK) CONNECTION

1 Click the Default icon in the dialog box.

The Default pane appears.

The names of printers with default connections are listed. The Virtual Printers that are configured at the EFI Splash RPX-iii are also listed.

NOTE: The names of the Virtual Printers appear as <printer name : Virtual Printer name>

in the Printer Name list.

2 Select the EFI Splash RPX-iii from the list.

The information about the selected printer appears at the bottom of the Default pane. The appropriate PPD file for the EFI Splash RPX-iii is automatically selected. If your server administrator configured the Secure Access printing at the EFI Splash RPX-iii, the PPD file for Secure Access printing is selected.

3 Click Add.

4 In the Installable Options pane, select the option items that are installed at the digital press,

and then click Continue.

The EFI Splash RPX-iii name appears in the Printer List.

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TO ADD A PRINTER WITH THE IP PRINTER CONNECTION

1 Click the IP icon in the dialog box.

The IP pane appears.

2 Select Line Printer Daemon - LPD from the Protocol list and type the EFI Splash RPX-iii IP

address.

The IP address appears in the Name field.

3 Type the Virtual Printer name in the Queue field or leave it blank for the default queue.

1 Search filter to narrow

search field

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4 In the Print Using area, type “Splash” in the filter to narrow the search, and then select

Splash RPX-iii Xerox 700 from the list.

The “Select a driver to use” pane appears in the dialog box.

5 Select the PPD file from the list and click Add.

For more information, see “Selecting the PPD file” on page 22.

6 In the Installable Options pane, select the option items that are installed at the digital press,

and then click Continue.

The EFI Splash RPX-iii with its IP address appears in the Printer List.

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TO ADD A PRINTER WITH THE APPLETALK CONNECTION

NOTE: Use this procedure if the EFI Splash RPX-iii is in a different AppleTalk zone than your

computer. If the EFI Splash RPX-iii is in the same zone, it is displayed as a default following the procedure on page 11.

1 Click the AppleTalk icon in the dialog box.

The AppleTalk pane appears.

2 Select the AppleTalk zone for the EFI Splash RPX-iii from the list.

The AppleTalk printers in the specified zone are listed. The Virtual Printers that are configured at the EFI Splash RPX-iii are also listed.

NOTE: The names of the Virtual Printers appear as <printer name : Virtual Printer name> in

the Name list.

3 Select the EFI Splash RPX-iii name in the Printer list and click Add.

4 In the Installable Options pane, select the option items that are installed at the digital press,

and then click Continue.

The EFI Splash RPX-iii name appears in the Printer List.

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Setting up printing with Mac OS X v10.4.x

Use the following steps for setting up the EFI Splash RPX-iii on a computer with Mac OS X v10.4.x.

TO SET UP THE EFI SPLASH RPX-iii FROM THE PRINT DIALOG BOX

1 Open a file in your application.

2 Choose Print from the File menu.

The Print dialog box appears.

3 Select the EFI Splash RPX-iii from the Printer : Bonjour Printers list.

For information about selecting the EFI Splash RPX-iii as the default printer, see page 24.

TO SET UP THE EFI SPLASH RPX-iii USING PRINTER SETUP UTILITY

1 Choose Utilities from the Go menu.

2 Start Printer Setup Utility.

The Printer List dialog box appears.

3 Click Add.

The Printer Browser dialog box appears. Use one of the following connections to add a printer.

Printing connection See

Default Browser (Bonjour or AppleTalk) page 16

IP Printer page 17

AppleTalk page 19

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TO ADD A PRINTER WITH THE DEFAULT BROWSER (BONJOUR OR APPLETALK) CONNECTION

1 Click Default Browser in the Printer Browser dialog box.

The Default Browser pane appears.

The names of printers with default connections are listed. The Virtual Printers that are configured at the EFI Splash RPX-iii are also listed.

NOTE: The names of the Virtual Printers appear as <printer name : Virtual Printer name>

in the Name list.

2 Select the EFI Splash RPX-iii from the list.

The information about the selected printer appears at the bottom of the Default Browser pane. The appropriate PPD file for the EFI Splash RPX-iii is automatically selected. If your server administrator configured the Secure Access printing at the EFI Splash RPX-iii, the PPD file for Secure Access printing is selected.

3 Click Add.

4 In the Installable Options pane, select the option items that are installed at the digital press,

and then click Continue.

The EFI Splash RPX-iii name appears in the Printer List.

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TO ADD A PRINTER WITH THE IP PRINTER CONNECTION

1 Click IP Printer in the Printer Browser dialog box.

The IP Printer pane appears.

2 Select Line Printer Daemon - LPD from the Protocol list and type the EFI Splash RPX-iii IP

address.

The IP address appears in the Name field.

3 Type the Virtual Printer name in the Queue field or leave it blank for the default queue.

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4 Select Splash from the Print Using list.

The Model pane appears in the dialog box.

5 Select the PPD file from the Model list and click Add.

For more information, see “Selecting the PPD file” on page 22.

6 In the Installable Options pane, select the option items that are installed at the digital press,

and then click Continue.

The EFI Splash RPX-iii with its IP address appears in the Printer List.

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TO ADD A PRINTER WITH THE APPLETALK CONNECTION

NOTE: Use this procedure if the EFI Splash RPX-iii is in a different AppleTalk zone than your

computer. If the EFI Splash RPX-iii is in the same zone, it is displayed as a default following the procedure on page 16.

1 Click Default Browser or IP Printer in the Printer Browser dialog box.

2 Click More Printers.

The dialog box with a pop-up list of other connections appears.

3 Select AppleTalk from the connection list.

The AppleTalk pane appears.

4 Select the AppleTalk zone for the EFI Splash RPX-iii from the pop-up list.

The AppleTalk printers in the specified zone are listed. The Virtual Printers that are configured at the EFI Splash RPX-iii are also listed.

NOTE: The names of the Virtual Printers appear as <printer name : Virtual Printer name> in

the Name list.

5 Select the EFI Splash RPX-iii name in the Name list and click Add.

6 In the Installable Options pane, select the option items that are installed at the digital press,

and then click Continue.

The EFI Splash RPX-iii name appears in the Printer List.

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Configuring Installable Options

To use the print options for the digital press and EFI Splash RPX-iii appropriately, you must configure the EFI Splash RPX-iii from your computer for the options that are installed on the digital press. Configure the options manually, or for TCP/IP network connections, use the Two-Way Communication feature to configure the options automatically. For the list of the available options, see page 84.

The following procedures describe how to manually configure the EFI Splash RPX-iii. For information about configuring the installed options automatically or manually from the Accessories pane in the Print dialog box, see page 33.

NOTE: When you configure installable options manually, be sure to match the actual

configuration of the digital press. Otherwise, the print options shown in the printer driver might not match the print options actually available.

TO CONFIGURE INSTALLABLE OPTIONS USING PRINT & FAX ON MAC OS X V10.5

1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and then choose Print & Fax.

The Print & Fax dialog box appears.

2 In the Printer List, select EFI Splash RPX-iii and click Options & Supplies.

3 Click the Driver tab.

4 Select the option items that are installed at the digital press.

NOTE: You must specify the Finisher and the Trays in the Accessories tab of the Splash

Features in the printer driver. For information about the Accessories tab, see page 33.

5 Click OK to apply changes.

TO CONFIGURE INSTALLABLE OPTIONS USING PRINTER SETUP UTILITY ON MAC OS X V10.4.X

1 Choose Utilities from the Go menu.

2 Double-click the Printer Setup Utility icon.

3 In the Printer List, select EFI Splash RPX-iii and click the Show Info icon.

4 Click Name and Location and choose Installable Options.

5 Select the option items that are installed at the digital press.

NOTE: You must specify the Finisher and the Trays in the Accessories tab of the Splash

Features in the printer driver. For information about the Accessories tab, see page 33.

6 Click Apply Changes.

7 Close the window.

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Using the Virtual Printers

The Virtual Printers feature allows you to send your jobs to the Virtual Printer print queues that are set up at the EFI Splash RPX-iii with some specific print option settings. When printing to a Virtual Printer, some of the settings selected from the printer driver are overriden by the Virtual Printer settings.

This section provides an overview of how to enable and use the Virtual Printers. The setup of the Virtual Printers must be performed by your server administrator at the EFI Splash RPX-iii before you use the Virtual Printers as your printers.

For more information about Virtual Printers, see the Job Management Guide.

TO ENABLE AND USE A VIRTUAL PRINTER

1 Enable the Virtual Printers feature at the EFI Splash RPX-iii.

To use the Virtual Printers feature, the following option must be enabled at the EFI Splash RPX-iii by your server administrator.

• If AppleTalk Registration in the Splash Server Preferences > Network pane is enabled, you can access the Virtual Printers as AppleTalk printers.

• If Enterprise Networking in the Splash Server Preferences > Network pane is enabled, you can access the Virtual Printers as LPR printers.

For more information about Preferences, see the Configuration Guide.

2 Create a Virtual Printer at the EFI Splash RPX-iii.

For information, see the Job Management Guide.

3 At the client workstation, start Print & Fax for Mac OS X v10.5 or Printer Setup Utility for Mac

OS X v10.4.x and set up a Virtual Printer for printing.

For more information, see “Setting up printing with Mac OS X v10.5” on page 10 and

“Setting up printing with Mac OS X v10.4.x” on page 15.

4 Select the Virtual Printer in the Printer List dialog box.

For more information, see “Selecting the EFI Splash RPX-iii in the Printer List” on page 23.

5 Open a file in your application and print your job to the Virtual Printer.

When you send your job to a Virtual Printer, a set of print options that are configured for the Virtual Printer is applied. For more information, see the Job Management Guide.

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Selecting the PPD file

The PPD files that are provided for the EFI Splash RPX-iii are as follows:

•

Splash RPX-iii Xerox 700 for standard printing

•

Splash RPX-iii Xerox 700 SA for Secure Access printing

NOTE: If your server administrator has configured Secure Access printing at the EFI

Splash RPX-iii, select the PPD file for Secure Access printing. For more information about Secure Access, see page 98 and the Job Management Guide.

Using Desktop Printer (optional)

After adding EFI Splash RPX-iii in the Printer List in either Print & Fax or the Printer Setup Utility, you can create and use the Desktop Printer feature.

TO CREATE A DESKTOP PRINTER WITH MAC OS X V10.5

1 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and then choose Print & Fax.

2 Select EFI Splash RPX-iii from the Printer List, and drag and drop it on the desktop.

You can now print a file to the EFI Splash RPX-iii by dragging the file to the EFI Splash RPX-iii desktop printer icon.

TO CREATE A DESKTOP PRINTER WITH MAC OS X V10.4.X

1 Choose utilities from the Go menu and open the Printer Setup Utility.

2 Select EFI Splash RPX-iii from the Printer List.

3 Choose Create Desktop Printer from the Printers menu.

4 Specify a name and location for the desktop printer and click Save.

You can now print a file to the EFI Splash RPX-iii by dragging the file to the EFI Splash RPX-iii desktop printer icon.

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Printing from Mac OS X computers

You can print to the EFI Splash RPX-iii just as you would print to any other printer from a Mac OS X application. Select the EFI Splash RPX-iii as the current printer in the Printer List and print the file from within the application.

After you install the EFI Splash RPX-iii printer driver files and set up the EFI Splash RPX-iii for printing, you can print from most Mac OS X applications. Using the appropriate PPD file, you can control the EFI Splash RPX-iii printing features by specifying print options from the Print dialog boxes. For more information about the EFI Splash RPX-iii print options, see

page 72.

Selecting the EFI Splash RPX-iii in the Printer List

Before you print a job, you must select the EFI Splash RPX-iii from the Printer List. Use the following procedure to select the EFI Splash RPX-iii as your default printer.

TO SELECT THE EFI SPLASH RPX-iii AS THE DEFAULT PRINTER WITH MAC OS X V10.5

1 Make sure that the EFI Splash RPX-iii is connected to the network and turned on.

2 Choose System Preferences from the Apple menu and then choose Print & Fax.

The Print & Fax dialog box appears.

The printers that are set up for printing are listed. The Virtual Printers that are configured at the EFI Splash RPX-iii and set up for printing are also listed.

3 To make the EFI Splash RPX-iii the default printer, select it from the Default Printer menu.

4 Close the window.

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TO SELECT THE EFI SPLASH RPX-iii AS THE DEFAULT PRINTER WITH MAC OS X V10.4.X

1 Make sure that the EFI Splash RPX-iii is connected to the network and turned on.

2 Choose Utilities from the Go menu.

3 Start Printer Setup Utility.

The Printer List dialog box appears.

The printers that are set up for printing are listed. The Virtual Printers that are configured at the EFI Splash RPX-iii and set up for printing are also listed.

4 Select the EFI Splash RPX-iii in the Printer List to specify it as your current printer.

5 Click the Make Default icon.

The EFI Splash RPX-iii is now your default printer.

Setting print options from Mac OS X

The EFI Splash RPX-iii print options are set from the Print dialog box within most Mac OS X applications. For a table of all print options and detailed information about some print options, see “Print Options” on page 72.

NOTE: Some default settings are set by your server administrator during EFI Splash RPX-iii

Setup. For information about the current EFI Splash RPX-iii default settings, contact your server administrator.

NOTE: When you send your job to a Virtual Printer, a set of print options that are configured

for the Virtual Printer is applied, overriding your selection in the printer driver. For more information about Virtual Printers, see the Job Management Guide.

NOTE: Some print options that are selectable from the printer driver or an application are the

same or similar to print options that are specific to the EFI Splash RPX-iii. In these cases, use the print options specific to the EFI Splash RPX-iii. The printer driver or an application may not set up the file properly for printing on the EFI Splash RPX-iii, resulting in unexpected printing errors and longer processing time.

Use the following procedures to set print options from your Mac OS X computer.

NOTE: The following procedures use Mac OS X v10.5 illustrations.